By Ferdinand Werne; Frederick Hardman etc
London   Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans
7" by 4.4"
Twelve volumes of works from the Longman's 'Traveller's Library' series, all bound in half straight grain morocco.
By Ferdinand Werne; Frederick Hardman etc

1851-55 Twelve Volumes of Works from the 'Traveller's Library'.

London   Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans
7" by 4.4"
Twelve volumes of works from the Longman's 'Traveller's Library' series, all bound in half straight grain morocco.
£750.00
: 5kgs / : 895Z34

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Leather Binding

Twelve Volumes. Complete in twenty-five volumes. 

Bound in half straight grain morocco, re-backed, with spine laid down.

This set features twelve volumes from the 'Traveller's Library', a series published by Longman, often featuring various travel works, from noted authors. This set includes;

'The Natural History of Creation' by T. Lindley Kemp, first edition. 

'Our Coal and Our Coal-Pits', First edition. 

'African Wanderings' by Ferdinand Werne translated buy J. R. Johnston, the first edition of this work in English.

'Corsica in its Picturesque, Social and Historical Aspects' by Ferdinand Gregorovius, first edition. 

'Lady's Voyage Round the World' by Mrs Percy Sinnett, first edition. 

'The Lepsic Campaign' by G. R. Gleig, first edition. 

'The Life and Writings' by Thomas Babington Macaulay. 

'Pictures from St. Petersburg by Edward Jerrmann, Translated from German by Frederick Hardman, part one, the first edition in English. 

'The Russians of the South' by Shirley Brooks, first edition. 

'Russia' Abridged by the French by Marquis De Custine. 

'Jonathan Swift, D.D.' by Lord Jeffrey. 

'Selections from the Writings of the Rev. Sydney Smith' part one. 



Condition

Bound in half straight grain morocco, re-backed, with spine laid down. Front free endpapers to most and 'Traveller's Library' half titles to all excised. Externally generally smart with fading and rubbing to the spines, rubbing and bumping to the extremities and rubbing to the boards to the odd volume, loss to the spine labels, marks to the boards and fading to the rear board to 'Volume 6'. Bookplate belonging to a 'Francis E. B. Witts' to the front pastedown to volumes 17, 18, 4 and 6, with spotting to all. Internally firmly bound with lightly age toned and generally clean pages with spotting to the front and rear. Rear hinges starting slightly.

Good

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